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Georges St-Pierre Quotes

Mixed Martial Artist
Born On
1981-05-19
Birth Place
Saint-Isidore, Canada
Birth Sign
taurus
Father
Roland St-Pierre
Mother
Pauline St-Pierre
Nationality
Canadian

I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.

Georges St-Pierre

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

Georges St-Pierre

I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.

Georges St-Pierre

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

Georges St-Pierre

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

Georges St-Pierre

For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.

Georges St-Pierre

I'm not the kind of guy that really buys clothing. I'm lucky. Most of the time, if I want something, I can get it from my sponsors.

Georges St-Pierre

When people tell me I can't do something, that's what excites me. It makes me perform better.

Georges St-Pierre

There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

Georges St-Pierre

I'm at my best when I'm nervous, scared. I feel like I'm on the edge, that's when I perform better.

Georges St-Pierre

It takes a lot of discipline to become and stay champion. It also takes a lot of discipline to stop while still feeling that you're in the best physical and mental shape of your life, but I've always planned to leave the sport when I'm at the top and in good health.

Georges St-Pierre

My strategy is simple. I fight at what I'm good at. I am not good at trash talking, so I don't fight with trash talking. It is not my thing.

Georges St-Pierre

I retire from competition with great pride at having had a positive impact on my sport. I intend to keep training and practicing martial arts for as long as I live, and I look forward to watching the new generation of champions carry our sport into the future.

Georges St-Pierre

People don't understand fighting. They think you just go there and stand in the middle and swing for the fence. People who fight like this are idiots.

Georges St-Pierre

I don't depend on fighting or the UFC to live my life.

Georges St-Pierre

I like hip-hop music.

Georges St-Pierre

I'm pretty bad at video games.

Georges St-Pierre

I am very honored and excited to be part of UFC 100; it's going to be the hardest challenge of my career so far and it's going to be pretty tough - I can't wait.

Georges St-Pierre

If you fear and you don't admit it, that's when you're lying to yourself.

Georges St-Pierre

I was at an ESPN event in the United States, the awards ceremony, and I got approached by the WWE. I had just retired, and, it's a form of competition, but of course, it's also scripted, so I don't know if I'd be willing to relive that. Perhaps for a special event, so I could taste it.

Georges St-Pierre

I would say Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel are very attractive. I think I would put Jessica Biel as No. 1. She's very beautiful.

Georges St-Pierre

I still eat my ice cream if I want to. I like dessert, of course.

Georges St-Pierre

The moment I'm most proud of my career is when I got dropped by the headkick by Carlos Condit. I fell down and I was able to stand up.

Georges St-Pierre

I'm not a good talker, I'm a good fighter.

Georges St-Pierre

I'm not boring. I used to be the guy that sells the most pay-per-view before Conor McGregor, so I don't think I'm boring. If I would be boring people would not buy my pay-per-view.

Georges St-Pierre

There's no such thing as the greatest of all time. It doesn't exist. It's an illusion.

Georges St-Pierre

If you lose a race or game in hockey, you lose a game. That's it. If you lose a fight you might lose part of your brain because of the damage.

Georges St-Pierre

I do not believe Michael Bisping is a good trash talker.

Georges St-Pierre

Even though you're the best, it doesn't mean you're not going to lose. And it doesn't mean nobody's going to beat you.

Georges St-Pierre

There's only one Anderson Silva. I think he's a specialist and a generalist.

Georges St-Pierre

When you're champion, you feel you're the center of the world.

Georges St-Pierre

A lot of time I fight guys and after a few rounds, they accept my dominance. They aren't fighting to win anymore. They're fighting to not lose. I've seen it many times. It's very hard for me to finish a guy like this. He doesn't want to get hurt. It's normal. It's human nature.

Georges St-Pierre

In combat sports, you should retire on top. That is very hard to do. I'm glad I had the discipline to do it.

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